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- Title
Osteoblastic Wls Ablation Protects Mice from Total Body Irradiation--Induced Impairments in Hematopoiesis and Bone Marrow Microenvironment.
- Authors
Hyun-Jaung Sim; Han-Sol So; Poudel, Sher Bahadur; Bhattarai, Govinda; Eui-Sic Cho; Jeong-Chae Lee; Sung-Ho Kook
- Abstract
Ionizing irradiation (IR) causes bone marrow (BM) injury, with senescence and impaired self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), and inhibiting Wnt signaling could enhance hematopoietic regeneration and survival against IR stress. However, the underlying mechanisms by which a Wnt signaling blockade modulates IR-mediated damage of BM HSCs and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are not yet completely understood. We investigated the effects of osteoblastic Wntless (Wls) depletion on total body irradiation (TBI, 5 Gy)--induced impairments in hematopoietic development, MSC function, and the BM microenvironment using conditional Wls knockout mutant mice (Col-Cre;Wlsfl/fl) and their littermate controls (Wlsfl/fl). Osteoblastic Wls ablation itself did not dysregulate BM frequency or hematopoietic development at a young age. Exposure to TBI at 4 weeks of age induced severe oxidative stress and senescence in the BM HSCs of Wlsfl/fl mice but not in those of the Col-Cre;Wlsfl/fl mice. TBI-exposed Wlsfl/fl mice exhibited greater impairments in hematopoietic development, colony formation, and long-term repopulation than TBI-exposed Col-Cre;Wlsfl/fl mice. Transplantation with BM HSCs or whole BM cells derived from the mutant, but not Wlsfl/fl mice, protected against HSC senescence and hematopoietic skewing toward myeloid cells and enhanced survival in recipients of lethal TBI (10 Gy). Unlike the Wlsfl/fl mice, the Col-Cre;Wlsfl/fl mice also showed radioprotection against TBI-mediated MSC senescence, bone mass loss, and delayed body growth. Our results indicate that osteoblastic Wls ablation renders BM-conserved stem cells resistant to TBI-mediated oxidative injuries. Overall, our findings show that inhibiting osteoblastic Wnt signaling promotes hematopoietic radioprotection and regeneration.
- Subjects
WNT signal transduction; TOTAL body irradiation; REGULATION of hematopoiesis
- Publication
Aging & Disease, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 3, p919
- ISSN
2152-5250
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14336/AD.2022.1026